This graphic from CenturyLink shows how states stack up against the rest in terms of decking the halls.The top 10 states are marked with a Christmas tree, and the bottom 10 states are marked with a Grinch. Pennsylvania was ranked No. 11.

This graphic from CenturyLink shows how states stack up against the rest in terms of decking the halls.The top 10 states are marked with a Christmas tree, and the bottom 10 states are marked with a Grinch. Pennsylvania was ranked No. 11. (CenturyLink/Distributed)

We’ve got your holiday spirit right here, in the city of Bethlehem and the borough of Nazareth.

We have Christkindlmarkt and the Christmas City Village, fashioned after the traditional German Weihnachtsmarkten and nestled in Bethlehem’s historic downtown.

And according to the Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers Association, we have more than 31,000 acres of Christmas trees in the Commonwealth — a renewable and recyclable resource. Who can say “Bah Humbug” to that?

Alas, we didn’t quite manage to crack the Top 10 in CenturyLink’s rankings, in which analysts compared data in two main categories: online activity and area culture. They evaluated those categories using metrics like Google searches for Christmas movies, Google shopping trends for wrapping paper, ornaments and “Elf on a Shelf”.

Those aforementioned metrics were weighed more heavily, it seems, then number of Christmas tree farms per capita. And charitable giving fell under ‘culture’, but actual culture seemed relatively ignored. (Next year, we’d recommend CenturyLink’s analysts check out the Christmas Putz at the Edgeboro Moravian Church or the Live Advent Calendar at the 1810 Goundie House, in addition to our Christmas markets).

A maddening methodology aside, here’s the full list of how states ranked in celebrating the most wonderful time of the year. The top ranked states on the above map are dark red and marked with a tree, while the lowest-ranked states get a Grinch: